Acupuncture Can Help You

Acupuncture is Essential. Experience the wisdom of nature and activate your body’s own innate healing response. Relax and renew with acupuncture at Essential Medicine.

Safe and Effective

Acupuncture is extremely safe, with practically no reported side effects. Anyone can benefit from acupuncture. From young children, to those in old age. Acupuncture is remarkably effective for all kinds of conditions and for the majority of patients, the treatment is comfortable, relaxing and pain free.

Modern World, Timeless Medicine

The first known medical record of acupuncture is found in The Yellow Emperor’s Classic of Internal Medicine, dating from 206 BCE. This makes acupuncture well over 2000 years old. Even though this medical system originally comes from a very different era and culture, it is just as applicable to our modern times here in America, if not even more.

The modern human lives in such an over stimulating and taxing environment. We are inundated with constant information in the form of news, television, social media, advertising. Our nervous systems are constantly in overdrive, and it’s no wonder the average American reports “stress” as a top health concern. Yet, that’s not all, too make matters even worse, our bodies are processing more chemicals and toxins than ever before in the form of additives in foods, pesticides, and heavy metals.

Acupuncture can help the nervous system to tune-down and can help the body to detoxify by improving detox pathways. There is a breadth of research showing acupuncture’s ability to engage the “rest and digest” parasympathetic nervous system and modulate over active parts of the brain. There is no better time to use this ancient, time-honored medicine.

Advanced Integrative Techniques

At Essential Medicine, we provide modern acupuncture services that draw from many years of experience and training. The style of acupuncture is chosen to fit the constitution of the patient and a multitude of modalities are incorporated into each treatment.

Essential Medicine

(858) 900-3525

care@essentialmedi.com

7522 La Jolla Blvd.

La Jolla, CA 92037

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